वैशंपायन उवाच
वसत्सु तेषु प्रच्छन्नं पाण्डवेषु महात्मसु ॥
आजगामाथ तान् द्रष्टुं व्यासः सत्यवतीसुतः ॥
तम् आगतम् अभिप्रेक्ष्य प्रत्युद्गम्य परंतपाः ॥
प्रणिपत्याभिवाद्यैनं तस्थुः प्राञ्जलयस् तदा ॥
समनुज्ञाप्य तान् सर्वान् आसीनान् मुनिर् अब्रवीत् ॥
प्रसन्नः पूजितः पार्थैः प्रीतिपूर्वम् इदं वचः ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
vasatsu teṣu pracchannaṃ pāṇḍaveṣu mahātmasu ||
ājagāmātha tān draṣṭuṃ vyāsaḥ satyavatīsutaḥ ||
tam āgatam abhiprekṣya pratyudgamya paraṃtapāḥ ||
praṇipatyābhivādyainaṃ tasthuḥ prāñjalayas tadā ||
samanujñāpya tān sarvān āsīnān munir abravīt ||
prasannaḥ pūjitaḥ pārthaiḥ prītipūrvam idaṃ vacaḥ ||
Vaishampayana said: "While those great-souled Pandavas lived in hiding, Vyasa, son of Satyavati, came to see them. Seeing him arrived, the scorchers of foes rose to meet him, bowed and, having greeted him, stood with joined palms. Having bidden them all be seated, the sage, gratified and honored by the Parthas, spoke this loving word."
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Here the teacher himself comes to the hidden exiles. It is telling that Vyasa does not wait to be sought out but appears to the Pandavas in their concealment: the good guru attends to those entrusted to him and visits them in their need. Telling too is the reverence of the disciples -- rising, bowing, joined palms: they honor their grandfather not for his royal rank, being themselves of royal blood, but as their spiritual guide. Herein lies the bond of guru and disciple, stronger than kinship or station. Thus scripture reveals the teacher's care and the disciples' devotion; and Vyasa's arrival foretells a revelation that will shape their destiny.